Full house @ Devoxx 2023 – Talk Smals Research

Op 5 oktober hield collega Kristof Verslype van Smals Research een talk op Devoxx Belgium, de jaarlijkse conferentie voor Java ontwikkelaars in Antwerpen, voor circa 500 geïnteresseerde toehoorders. Het onderwerp van de talk was de impact van kwantumcomputers op moderne cryptografie. Kristof slaagde erin om in 45 minuten een complex thema op een bevattelijke manier over te brengen. De reacties achteraf waren unaniem zeer lovend. Ondanks het feit dat het toch eerder een nicheonderwerp betreft, was de belangstelling groot.

Het abstract dat het publiek op voorhand te lezen kreeg, las als volgt: “Cryptography – securing data with mathematical principles – is crucial in today’s society, for instance to enable financial transactions, to secure medical records and to protect our national interests. In the future, computers could be built, based on principles from quantum physics. These computers threaten to undermine the foundations of modern cryptography. If we are to believe the popular media and a number of companies, this quantum age is rapidly approaching. Along with the ambiguity, anxiety also grows. This talk aims to clarify this complex matter. It discusses the basics of quantum computers, the complexity of building them, the threat they pose, and the preparations we need to make.”

Zowel de slides als de video opname werden gepubliceerd. 


Foto gepubliceerd door Devoxx Belgium onder creative Commons. De foto (bovenaan) uit de zaal werd genomen door collega Wouter Roose.

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About Kristof Verslype

Kristof obtained a PhD in engineering sciences at KU Leuven where he investigated how privacy could be improved using zero-knowledge proofs. In 2009, he won the best paper award at the International Conference on Security and Cryptography (SECRYPT). In 2011, he joined Smals Research. He wrote several books about blockchain. His current domains are privacy enhancing technologies, quantum computing and cryptography, and advanced identifier pseudonymisation. In 2024, he was top-5 finalist for the Privacy Professional Award issued by Belgium's Cyber Security Coalition. In 2025 he was runner-up (2nd) for the Cybersecurity Innovation Europe Award issued by Cybersec Europe. More at www.cryptanium.eu

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